Numbers 1 Cross References - CLV

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of appointment, on day one of the second month, in the second year of their going forth from the land of Egypt, saying. ² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel:by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, every male by their skulls, ³ from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel. You shall muster them by their militia hosts, you and Aaron. ⁴ And with you shall come to be a man for each stock; each the head of his fathers' house shall he be. ⁵ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you:for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;" ⁶ for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;" ⁷ for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;" ⁸ for Issachar, Nathanael son of Zuar;" ⁹ for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;" ¹⁰ for the sons of Joseph:for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;" ¹¹ for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;" ¹² for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;" ¹³ for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;" ¹⁴ for Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel;" ¹⁵ for Naphtali, Ahida son of Enan. ¹⁶ These are the called of the congregation, princes of the stocks of their fathers; they are heads of thousands of Israel. ¹⁷ So Moses and Aaron took these men who were specified by their names. ¹⁸ And on day one of the second month they assembled the whole congregation, who registered themselves be genealogies:by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, by their skulls. ¹⁹ Just as Yahweh had instructed Moses, so he mustered them in the wilderness of Sinai. ²⁰ And they came to be:For the sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, by their skulls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred. ²² For the sons of Simeon, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house, their mustered ones with the number of names, by their skulls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²³ their mustered ones for the stock of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ²⁴ For the sons of Gad, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²⁵ their mustered ones for the stock of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty. ²⁶ For the sons of Judah, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²⁷ their mustered ones for the stock of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred. ²⁸ For the sons of Issachar, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²⁹ their mustered ones for the stock of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred. ³⁰ For the sons of Zebulun, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ³² For the sons of Joseph:for the sons of Ephraim, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³³ their mustered ones for the stock of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred. ³⁴ For the sons of Manasseh, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁵ their mustered ones for the stock of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred. ³⁶ For the sons of Benjamin, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁷ their mustered ones for the stock of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred. ³⁸ For the sons of Dan, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁹ their mustered ones for the stock of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ⁴⁰ For the sons of Asher, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ⁴¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred. ⁴² For the sons of Naphtali, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ⁴³ their mustered ones for the stock of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ These were the ones being mustered whom Moses, Aaron and the princes of Israel mustered, the twelve men, one each for his fathers' house. ⁴⁵ All the ones being mustered of the sons of Israel came to be by their fathers' house, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel;" ⁴⁶ so all the ones being mustered came to be six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty. ⁴⁷ Yet the Levites, for the stock of their fathers, did not present themselves to be mustered in their midst;" ⁴⁸ for Yahweh had spoken to Moses, saying. ⁴⁹ Only the stock of Levi you shall not muster, and their sum you shall not obtain, in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp. ⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to journey the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to encamp the Levites shall set it up. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ⁵² The sons of Israel will encamp by their militia hosts, each man on his campsite and each under his standard. ⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴ Thus the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses; so they did.

¹ In the third month after the going forth of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on this day they entered the wilderness of Sinai.

²² I will keep appointment with you there, and I will speak with you above the propitiatory shelter from between the two cherubim which are over the coffer of the testimony of all which I am instructing you for the sons of Israel.

² On the first day of the month, in month one, you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of appointment.

¹⁷ Then it came to be on the first month in the second year since they went forth from Egypt, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.

¹ He called to Moses, and Yahweh spoke to him from the tent of appointment, saying,

³⁴ These are the instructions with which Yahweh instructed Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year of their coming forth from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying.

¹¹ It came to be in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month that the cloud was taken up off the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹² So the sons of Israel decamped for their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, until the cloud tabernacled in the wilderness of Paran.

¹ And it comes to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year--in the month of Zif, it [is] the second month--of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he builds the house for Yahweh.

¹ And calling is Jacob to his sons and saying, "Gather, and I will tell you what will meet you in the days hereafter. ² Convene and hear, sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel, your father. ³ Reuben, my firstborn, you are my vigor, and the beginning of my virility, with a surplus for bearing and a surplus of strength.

¹ These are the names of the sons of Israel coming to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each man with his household. ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, ⁴ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ All the souls having come forth from the thigh of Jacob had become seventy souls. As for Joseph, he was in Egypt.

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers' house: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵ The sons of Simeon are Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul, the son of the Canaanitess; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogical annals: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty-three years. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levite families according to their genealogical annals.

¹² When you take up the sum of the sons of Israel by their mustered ones then each man will give a sheltering ransom for his soul to Yahweh while one is mustering them, so that no stroke may come among them when mustering them.

²⁶ a bekah for a pole (half a shekel, by the shekel of the holy place) for everyone passing over onto those mustered from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.

¹⁸ And on day one of the second month they assembled the whole congregation, who registered themselves be genealogies:by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, by their skulls.

²² For the sons of Simeon, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house, their mustered ones with the number of names, by their skulls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host,

²⁶ For the sons of Judah, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²⁷ their mustered ones for the stock of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred. ²⁸ For the sons of Issachar, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ²⁹ their mustered ones for the stock of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred. ³⁰ For the sons of Zebulun, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ³² For the sons of Joseph:for the sons of Ephraim, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³³ their mustered ones for the stock of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred. ³⁴ For the sons of Manasseh, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁵ their mustered ones for the stock of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred. ³⁶ For the sons of Benjamin, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁷ their mustered ones for the stock of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred. ³⁸ For the sons of Dan, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ³⁹ their mustered ones for the stock of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ⁴⁰ For the sons of Asher, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ⁴¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred. ⁴² For the sons of Naphtali, according to their genealogical records by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host, ⁴³ their mustered ones for the stock of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ These were the ones being mustered whom Moses, Aaron and the princes of Israel mustered, the twelve men, one each for his fathers' house. ⁴⁵ All the ones being mustered of the sons of Israel came to be by their fathers' house, from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel;" ⁴⁶ so all the ones being mustered came to be six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty. ⁴⁷ Yet the Levites, for the stock of their fathers, did not present themselves to be mustered in their midst;" ⁴⁸ for Yahweh had spoken to Moses, saying. ⁴⁹ Only the stock of Levi you shall not muster, and their sum you shall not obtain, in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp. ⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to journey the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to encamp the Levites shall set it up. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ⁵² The sons of Israel will encamp by their militia hosts, each man on his campsite and each under his standard. ⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴ Thus the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses; so they did.

² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' house, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel. ³ So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab along the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying. ⁴ From twenty years old and upward just as Yahweh had instructed Moses. The sons of Israel who had come forth from the land of Egypt were:

⁶³ These were the mustered ones of Moses and Eleazar the priest who mustered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab along the Jordan across from Jericho. ⁶⁴ Yet among these not a man came to be from the mustering of Moses and Aaron the priest when they had mustered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,

¹ And the anger of Yahweh adds to burn against Israel, and [an adversary] moves David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.. <sup>2</sup> And the king said unto Joab, head of the host that [is] with him, `Go to and fro, I pray you, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect you the people--and I have known the number of the people.. ³ And Joab said unto the king, `Yea, Yahweh your Elohim does add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?.

¹ And there stands up an adversary against Israel, and persuades David to number Israel, ² And David said unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number..

²³ And David has not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Yahweh said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah has begun to number--and has not finished--and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number has not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.

¹⁷ You will observe the instruction, for on this very day I will bring forth your hosts from the land of Egypt. And you will observe this day throughout your generations as an eonian statute.

¹⁴ Everyone passing over to the ones being mustered from twenty years old and upward shall give Yahweh's heave offering.

²⁹ In this wilderness your corpses shall fall:all your mustered ones, all of your number, from twenty years old and upward, you who have murmured against Me,

² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' house, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel.

¹¹ Assuredly no one of the men coming up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward shall see the ground about which I had sworn to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob! For they have not fully followed after M.

¹ These are the journeys of the sons of Israel when they went forth from the land of Egypt by their militia hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹⁸ I instructed you at that time, saying:Yahweh your Elohim, He has given to you this land to tenant it. You shall cross over outfitted for war before your brothers, the sons of Israel, all you sons of valor.

⁵ When a man takes a new wife, he shall neither go forth with the militia host, nor shall any matter of duty pass on to him. He shall be exempt for his house one year and rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.

⁹ and Joab gives the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valor, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

¹³ and he has much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valor, [are] in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers:Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valor, three hundred chiefs. ¹⁵ And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. ¹⁶ And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin:mighty of valor, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs. ¹⁸ And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host.

¹¹ And Uzziah has a force, making war, going forth to the host, by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah [one] of the heads of the king. ¹² The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valor [is] two thousand and six hundred; ¹³ and by their hand [is] the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy.

²¹ Now you shall perceive among all the people men of ability, fearful of Elohim, men of truth, hating gain. You will place these over them as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens.

²⁵ Moses chose men of ability from all Israel and set them as heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens.

¹⁶ These are the called of the congregation, princes of the stocks of their fathers; they are heads of thousands of Israel.

³ Those encamping eastward, toward the sunrise, are under the standard of the camp of Judah, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab;" ⁴ his militia host and their mustered ones are seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵ Those encamping next to him are the stock of Issachar. The prince for the sons of Issachar is Nathanael son of Zuar; ⁶ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷ The stock of Zebulun:The prince for the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon; ⁸ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ⁹ All the ones being mustered of the camp of Judah are a hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their militia hosts. As the first shall they journey. ¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;" ¹¹ his militia host and its mustered ones are forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹² Those encamping next to him are the stock of Simeon. The prince for the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; ¹³ his militia host and their mustered ones are fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴ As for the stock of Gad:The prince for the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel; ¹⁵ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty-five thousand six hundred fifty. ¹⁶ All the ones being mustered of the camp of Reuben are a hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, by their militia hosts. As second ones shall they journey. ¹⁷ Then the tent of appointment will journey with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the other camps. Just as they are encamping so shall they journey, each man on his own side under their standards. ¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their militia hosts, is westward. The prince for the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud;" ¹⁹ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰ Those encamping next to him are the stock of Manasseh. The prince for the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; ²¹ his militia host and their mustered ones are thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²² As for the stock of Benjamin:The prince for the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni; ²³ his militia host and their mustered ones are thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴ All the ones being mustered of the camp of Ephraim are a hundred eight thousand one hundred, by their militia hosts. As third ones shall they journey. ²⁵ The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their militia hosts. The prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;" ²⁶ his militia host and their mustered ones are sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷ And those encamping next to him are the stock of Asher. The prince for the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran; ²⁸ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹ As for the stock of Naphtali:The prince for the sons of Naphtali is Ahida son of Enan; ³⁰ his militia host and their mustered ones are fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹ All the ones being mustered of the camp of Dan are a hundred fifty seven thousand six hundred. As the last shall they journey under their standards.

¹⁰ The princes made an offering for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed. The princes brought near their approach present before the altar. ¹¹ And Yahweh said to Moses:One prince for one day, one prince for another day shall bring near their approach present for the dedication of the altar. ¹² The one bringing near his approach present on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, for the stock of Judah. ¹³ And his approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ¹⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ¹⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ¹⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ¹⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nathanael son of Zuar, prince of Issachar made an offering. ¹⁹ He brought near his approach present, one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ²⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ²¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ²² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ²³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Nathanael son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day it was the prince for the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. ²⁵ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ²⁶ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ²⁷ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ²⁸ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ²⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day it was the prince for the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. ³¹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ³² one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ³³ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ³⁴ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ³⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day it was the prince for the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ³⁷ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ³⁸ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ³⁹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁴⁰ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day it was the prince for the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. ⁴³ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁴⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁴⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁴⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Eliasaph son of Reuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day it was the prince for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁴⁹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁵⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁵¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁵² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁵³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day it was the prince for the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁵⁵ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁵⁶ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁵⁷ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁵⁸ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day it was the prince for the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶¹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁶² one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁶³ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁶⁴ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering ⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day it was the prince for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁶⁷ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁶⁸ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁶⁹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁷⁰ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷³ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁷⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁷⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁷⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan. ⁷⁹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁸⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁸¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁸² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁸³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Ahira son of Enan.

¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah decamped first by their militia hosts; and over his host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Issachar was Nathanael son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon. ¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari decamped, the carriers of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ Next the standard of the camp of Reuben decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Reuel. ²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming.. ²² The standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan decamped as rear guard for all the camps by their militia hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan.

² Send some men ahead of you that they may explore the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel. One man, one each for the stock of his fathers, shall you send and everyone a prince among them. ³ So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the bidding of Yahweh; all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel. ⁴ These were their names:for the stock of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;" ⁵ for the stock of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;" ⁶ for the stock of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;" ⁷ for the stock of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;" ⁸ for the stock of Ephraim, Hosea son of Nun;" ⁹ for the stock of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;" ¹⁰ for the stock of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;" ¹¹ for the stock of Joseph, for the stock of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;" ¹² for the stock of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;" ¹³ for the stock of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;" ¹⁴ for the stock of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;" ¹⁵ for the stock of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

³ And the name of Aaron shall you write on the rod of Levi, for one rod is for the head of their fathers' house.

⁴ Yahweh said to Moses:Take all heads of the people and gibbet them before Yahweh in front of the sun so that the heat of Yahweh's anger might turn back from Israel.

¹⁴ The name of the smitten man of Israel, who was smitten with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of a father's house of the Simeonite.

¹⁸ and one prince, one prince from each stock, shall you take to allot the land. ¹⁹ And these are the names of the men:for the stock of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;" ²⁰ for the stock of the sons of Simeon, Samuel son of Ammihud;" ²¹ for the stock of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon;" ²² for the stock of the sons of Dan, prince Bukki son of Jogli;" ²³ for the sons of Joseph:for the stock of the sons of Manasseh, prince Hanniel son of Ephod, ²⁴ for the stock of the sons of Ephraim, prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan;" ²⁵ for the stock of the sons of Zebulun, prince Elizaphan son of Parnach;" ²⁶ for the stock of the sons of Issachar, prince Paltiel son of Azzan;" ²⁷ for the stock of the sons of Asher, prince Ahihud son of Shelomi;" ²⁸ and for the stock of the sons of Naphtali, prince Pedahel son of Ammihud.

¹⁵ So I took the heads of your tribes, men wise and known, and I placed them as heads over you, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, chiefs of tens and as superintendents for your tribes.

¹⁴ and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.

¹ And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year--[are] in each course twenty and four thousand. ² Over the first course, for the first month, [is] Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand;" ³ of the sons of Perez [is] the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month. ⁴ And over the course of the second month [is] Dodai the Ahohite, and his course, and Mikloth [is] the president, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁵ Head of the third host, for the third month, [is] Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the head priest, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁶ This Benaiah [is] a mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty, and [in] his course [is] Ammizabad his son. ⁷ The fourth, for the fourth month, [is] Asahel brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁸ The fifth, for the fifth month, [is] the prince Shamhuth the Izrahite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁹ The sixth, for the sixth month, [is] Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁰ The seventh, for the seventh month, [is] Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹¹ The eighth, for the eighth month, [is] Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹² The ninth, for the ninth month, [is] Abiezer the Antothite, of the Benjamite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹³ The tenth, for the tenth month, [is] Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁴ Eleventh, for the eleventh month, [is] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁵ The twelfth, for the twelfth month, [is] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁶ And over the tribes of Israel:Of the Reubenite, a leader [is] Eliezer son of Zichri; of the Simeonite, Shephatiah son of Maachah;" ¹⁷ of the Levite, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; of the Aaronite, Zadok;" ¹⁸ of Judah, Elihu, of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri son of Michael;" ¹⁹ of Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;" ²⁰ of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah; of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;" ²¹ of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner; of Dan, Azareel son of Jeroham. ²² these [are] heads of the tribes of Israel.

³² And pregnant is Leah and is bearing a son for Jacob. And calling is she his name Reuben for she says, "For see does Yahweh my humiliation and gives me a son, for now my husband will love me. ³³ And pregnant is Leah again, and is bearing a second son for Jacob. And saying is she, "For hearing is Yahweh that hated am I, and giving to me is He this one, moreover.And calling is she his name Simeon. ³⁴ And pregnant is she again and is bearing a son. And saying is she, "Now once more will my husband be obligated to me, for I bear for him three sons.Therefore calling is she his name Levi. ³⁵ And pregnant is she again, and is bearing a son. And saying is she, "Now once more will I acclaim Yahweh.Therefore calling is she his name Judah. And staying is she from bearing.

⁵ And pregnant is Rachel's maid, Bilhah, and is bearing for Jacob a son. ⁶ And saying is Rachel, "Adjudicated has the Elohim for me, and, moreover, He hears my voice, and is giving to me a son.Therefore she calls his name Dan. ⁷ And pregnant is she again, and bearing is Bilhah, Rachel's maid, a second son for Jacob. ⁸ And saying is Rachel, "With twistings of the Elohim am I twisted with my sister, and moreover, I prevail.And calling is she his name Naphtali. ⁹ And seeing is Leah that she stays from bearing. And taking is she Zilpah, her maid, and is giving her to Jacob for a wife. And coming is Jacob to her, ¹⁰ and Zilpah, Leah's maid, is pregnant and bearing for Jacob a son. ¹¹ And saying is Leah, "Coming is a raid!"And calling is she his name Gad. ¹² And pregnant is Zilpah, Leah's maid, and is bearing a second son for Jacob. ¹³ And saying is Leah "Happiness is mine, for the daughters call me happy.And calling is she his name Ashur. ¹⁴ And going is Reuben in the days of wheat harvest and finding mandrakes in the field, and is bringing them to his mother, Leah. And saying is Rachel to Leah, her sister, "Give to me, pray, of your son's mandrakes. ¹⁵ And saying is Leah to her, "No! Is it little of you to take my husband, then to take, moreover, my son's mandrakes?And saying is Rachel, "Not so! He shall lie with you this night, for your son's mandrakes. ¹⁶ And coming is Jacob from the field in the evening, and forth is faring Leah to meet him. And saying is she, "To me are you coming tonight, for I hired, yea, hired you with my son's mandrakes.And lying is he with her in that night. ¹⁷ And hearkening is the Elohim to Leah, and pregnant is she and is bearing for Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And saying is Leah, "Giving is the Elohim my hire, for I give my maid to my husband.And calling is she his name Issachar. ¹⁹ And pregnant again is Leah, and is bearing a sixth son for Jacob. ²⁰ And saying is Leah, "Dowering me is the Elohim with a good dowry this time. My husband will prefer me, for I bear for him six sons.And calling is she his name Zebulon.

¹⁷ And coming is it, as she has it hard in her bearing, then saying to her is the midwife, "You must not fear, for this, moreover, is a son for you!" ¹⁸ And coming is it, when forth fares her soul (for she died), that she is calling his name Ben-oni. Yet his father calls his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ And dying is Rachel, and is being entombed on the way to Ephrath. (It is now Bethlehem.. ²⁰ And setting up is Jacob a monument over her tomb. It is the monument, the tomb of Rachel, till today. ²¹ And journeying is Israel, and stretching out his tent is he beyond the tower Edar. ²² And coming is it, when Israel tabernacles in that land, that going is Reuben and lying with Bilhah, his father's concubine. And hearing of it is Israel, and evil appears it in his eyes. ²³ And coming are the sons of Jacob to be twelve: The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulon;" ²⁴ and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin;" ²⁵ and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid, Dan, and Naphtali;" ²⁶ and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid, Gad, and Ashur. These are the sons of Jacob, who are born to him in Padan, Syria.

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel coming to Egypt: Jacob and his sons: The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Enoch and Phallu and Hezron and Carmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, son of a Canaanitess. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohas and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Pharez and Zarah. Yet Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And there come to be sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Phuvah and Jashub and Shimron. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulon: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, which she bears for Jacob in Padan, Syria, and Dinah, his daughter. All the souls of his sons and his daughters are thirty-three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi and Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli. ¹⁷ And the sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishuah and Ishui and Beriah; and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gives to his daughter Leah, and she bears these for Jacob--sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And sons are born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bears for him, Manasseh and Ephraim. And the sons are born to Manasseh, whom a Syrian concubine bears for him, Machir. And Machir begets Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, Manasseh's brother: Soutalaam and Taam. And the son of Soutalaam: Edem. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Belah and Becher and Ashbel. And sons were born to Belah: Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and to Gera is born Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob. All the souls are eighteen. ²³ And the sons of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.

¹ And calling is Jacob to his sons and saying, "Gather, and I will tell you what will meet you in the days hereafter. ² Convene and hear, sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel, your father. ³ Reuben, my firstborn, you are my vigor, and the beginning of my virility, with a surplus for bearing and a surplus of strength. ⁴ Ebullient as water, you must not have a surplus! For up you went to the bed of your father. Then you violated my berth to which you went up. ⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers. They concluded violence out of their covenants. ⁶ Into their deliberation you must not come, my soul! And in their assembly you must not contend, my glory. For in their anger they killed men, and in their acceptance they felled a chief. ⁷ Cursed is their anger, for it was strong. And their rage, for it was obstinate. Apportion them will I in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. ⁸ Judah, you and your brothers will acclaim. Your hands shall be on the scruff of your enemies. Prostrate to you shall the sons of your father. ⁹ The whelp of a lion is Judah. From the prey, my son, bow will he, recline as a lion. And as a parent lion, who will make him rise? ¹⁰ Not withdraw shall the sceptre from Judah, nor a statue-maker's staff from between his feet, till it be that ease shall come to him. And to it shall the expectation of the people be. ¹¹ Bind to a vine will he his colt, and to a yellow muscat grape the foal of his she-ass, he rinses in wine his apparel, and in the blood of grapes his coverlet. ¹² Flushed will be his eyes from wine, and white, his teeth, from milk. ¹³ Zebulon at a port of the seas shall tabernacle, and at a port for ships with its flank unto Sidon. ¹⁴ Issachar covets pleasantness, recline will he between the hearthstones, an. ¹⁵ see a resting place that is good, and a land that is pleasant, yet stretch out will he his shoulder for a burden, and become will he a servant under a labor levy. ¹⁶ Dan shall adjudicate his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Become shall Dan a serpent on a way, a horned snake on a path, that bites the heels of a horse, and fall shall its rider backward. ¹⁸ For Your salvation I expect, Yahweh!" ¹⁹ Gad--a raiding party shall `raid' him, yet he shall raid their heels, ²⁰ Asher--stout shall be his bread, and he will provide royal luxuries. ²¹ Naphtali is a oak stretched out, the giver of products that are seemly. ²² A fruitful son is Joseph, a fruitful son, joy of my eye, my son, inferior, to me has returned, ²³ and bitter were they with him, and contended and begrudging him were the archers, ²⁴ yet broken in virility is their bow, and slack are the arms of their hands. From the hands of the Sturdy One of Jacob, thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel, ²⁵ from the El of your father, and your Helper, and He Who-Suffices, and your Blesser, blessings of the heavens from above, blessings of the submerged chaos reclining beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb, ²⁶ blessings of your father and your mother. Master are they over the blessings of my mountains, unto the yearning of the eonian hills, coming are they on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the governor of his brothers. ²⁷ Benjamin is a wolf, tearing to pieces. In the morning he'll devour further, and in the evening he'll apportion the loot. ²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. And this is what their father speaks to them, when he is blessing them. Each man according to his blessing he blesses them. ²⁹ And instructing them is he, and saying to them, "I am being gathered to my people. Entomb me with my forefathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron, the Hittite, ³⁰ in the double cave which is in the field adjoining Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron, the Hittite, for a freehold for a tomb. ³¹ And there they entombed Isaac and Rebecca, his wife. "And there I entombed Leah. ³² Bought was the field and the cave which is in it from the sons of Heth. ³³ And finishing is Jacob instructing his sons, and gathering is he his feet into the couch and is expiring, and is being gathered to his people.

¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;"

³⁰ On the fourth day it was the prince for the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.

¹⁸ Next the standard of the camp of Reuben decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elizur son of Shedeur.

¹ This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of Elohim, blessed the sons of Israel before his death, ² when he said:Yahweh came from Sinai, and He arose from Seir for them. He shone from Mount Paran, and He arrived with some from myriads of the holy ones. At His right are warriors who are His. ³ Indeed, He is cherishing the kinsmen. All the holy ones are in Your hand. And they are huddled at Your feet. Each obtains something from Your word. ⁴ about the law Moses enjoined on us, the tenancy of the assembly of Jacob. ⁵ So He became king in Yeshurun when the heads of the people gathered themselves together with the tribes of Israel. ⁶ Let Reuben live, let him neither die nor let his adult males come to be outnumbered. ⁷ This is about Judah, and he said:Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah, and may You bring him to his people; with his hands he contended for himself, yet may You become a help against his foes. ⁸ About Levi he said:May your Thummim and your Urim be for your benign man whom you probed at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah, ⁹ the one saying of his father and of his mother:I do not see them, and he neither recognized his brothers, nor did he know his sons. For they observed Your sayings and preserved Your covenant. ¹⁰ They shall direct Your judgments for Jacob, and Your law for Israel. They shall bring incense to Your nostrils and a holocaust on Your altar. ¹¹ Bless, Yahweh, his estate, and the contriving of his hands may You approve. Transfix the waists of those rising up against him, and those hating him, that they may rise up no more. ¹² About Benjamin he said:Let the beloved of Yahweh tabernacle in trust by Him Who is providing a canopy over him all the day, as he tabernacles between His shoulders. ¹³ About Joseph he said:Blessed by Yahweh be his land with the finest of the heavens, the night mist, and with water from the abyss reclining beneath, ¹⁴ with the finest of the yield from the sun, and with the finest of the growth of the months, ¹⁵ with the top yield of the mountain ranges of aforetime, and with the finest of the hills eonian, ¹⁶ with the finest of the earth and its fullness, and the approval of the One tabernacling over Sinai. Let it come onto the head of Joseph and onto the crown of the one singled out from his brothers, ¹⁷ as the firstborn of his kine brings honor to him, and his horns are the horns of the wild bull. With them he shall gore the peoples altogether, to the limits of the earth. Those are the myriads of Ephraim, and those are the thousands of Manasseh. ¹⁸ About Zebulun he said:Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going forth, and, Issachar, in your tents. ¹⁹ They shall invite their kinsmen to the mountain, and there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness; for they suck out the accumulation of the seas and the secreted treasures buried in the sand. ²⁰ About Gad he said:Blessed be the One widening the space for Gad. As a parent lion he tabernacles and preys upon arm or scalp. ²¹ And he saw the first portion given to himself, for where the apportionment of the statute maker was, there gathered together the heads of the people; he will execute the justice of Yahweh, and His judgments, along with Israel. ²² About Dan he said:Dan is a lion's whelp, and he shall bound from Bashan. ²³ About Naphtali he said:Naphtali, be satisfied with your acceptable portion, full of Yahweh's blessing:He shall tenant toward the lake and south. ²⁴ About Asher he said:Most blessed of sons be Asher, and let him come to be approved by his brothers, and be dipping his foot in oil. ²⁵ Iron and copper be your door-bolts, and as your days so shall be your leisure. ²⁶ There is none like the El of Yeshurun:Riding the heavens as your Helper and in His augustness, the skies, ²⁷ the habitation of Elohim aforetime. And beneath are the arms eonian. He shall drive out the enemy from your presence and shall say:Exterminate him! ²⁸ So Israel shall tabernacle in trust; solitary is the spring of Jacob in a land of grain and grape juice. Indeed, his heavens shall trickle the night mist. ²⁹ Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you? A people saved by Yahweh, the Shield of your Helper, Who is also the Sword of your augustness! Your enemies shall dissimulate submission to you, yet you, you shall tread on their fane heights.

⁴ And I hear the number of those sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand. Sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel are: ⁵ out of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand are sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; ⁶ out of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand; ⁷ out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand; ⁸ out of the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand are sealed.

¹² Those encamping next to him are the stock of Simeon. The prince for the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

³⁶ On the fifth day it was the prince for the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

³ Those encamping eastward, toward the sunrise, are under the standard of the camp of Judah, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab;"

¹² The one bringing near his approach present on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, for the stock of Judah.

¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah decamped first by their militia hosts; and over his host was Nahshon son of Amminadab.

¹⁸ These are the genealogical records of Perez:Perez begot Hezron,

²⁰ Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon,

¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah;" ¹¹ and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

² Abraham begets Isaac; now Isaac begets Jacob; now Jacob begets Judah and his brothers. ³ Now Judah begets Pharez and Zarah of Thamar. Now Pharez begets Hesron; now Hesron begets Aram; ⁴ now Aram begets Amminadab; now Amminadab begets Nahshon; now Nahshon begets Salmon; ⁵ now Salmon begets Boaz of Rahab; now Boaz begets Obed of Ruth; now Obed begets Jesse;

³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Nahson,

⁵ Those encamping next to him are the stock of Issachar. The prince for the sons of Issachar is Nathanael son of Zuar;

¹⁸ On the second day Nathanael son of Zuar, prince of Issachar made an offering.

¹⁵ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Issachar was Nathanael son of Zuar.

⁷ The stock of Zebulun:The prince for the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon;

²⁴ On the third day it was the prince for the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.

¹⁶ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon.

¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their militia hosts, is westward. The prince for the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud;"

²⁰ Those encamping next to him are the stock of Manasseh. The prince for the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

⁴⁸ On the seventh day it was the prince for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud.

⁵⁴ On the eighth day it was the prince for the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

²² The standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

²⁶ Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷ Non his son, Jehoshua his son.

²² As for the stock of Benjamin:The prince for the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni;

⁶⁰ On the ninth day it was the prince for the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.

²⁴ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni.

²⁵ The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their militia hosts. The prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;"

⁶⁶ On the tenth day it was the prince for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

²⁵ Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan decamped as rear guard for all the camps by their militia hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

²⁷ And those encamping next to him are the stock of Asher. The prince for the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran;

⁷² On the eleventh day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran.

²⁶ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ocran.

¹⁴ As for the stock of Gad:The prince for the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel;

⁴² On the sixth day it was the prince for the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel.

²⁰ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Reuel.

²⁹ As for the stock of Naphtali:The prince for the sons of Naphtali is Ahida son of Enan;

⁷⁸ On the twelfth day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

²⁷ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan.

⁴ And with you shall come to be a man for each stock; each the head of his fathers' house shall he be.

² then the princes of Israel (the heads of their fathers' house, they, princes of the twelve stocks, they who had been standing over the ones being mustered) made an offerin.

¹⁷ I will descend and speak with you there; and I will divert some of the spirit which is on you and place it on them. They will bear the load of the people with you so that you are not bearing it by yourself alone.

² they arose before Moses with men from the sons of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, those called to appointment, men of renown.

⁹ and the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the called of the congregation who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah when they strove against Yahwe.

¹⁵ And he said unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief [is] weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father..

⁷ And Saul said to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, you Benjamites; also to all of you does the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he does appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!"

²³ And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hides himself, and you have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it has been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah..

² And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, inferior to be among the mentors of Judah, from you shall One fare forth for Me to become the Ruler in Israel; yet His farings forth are from aforetime, from days eonian."

⁵ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you:for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;" ⁶ for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;" ⁷ for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;" ⁸ for Issachar, Nathanael son of Zuar;" ⁹ for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;" ¹⁰ for the sons of Joseph:for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;" ¹¹ for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;" ¹² for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;" ¹³ for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;" ¹⁴ for Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel;" ¹⁵ for Naphtali, Ahida son of Enan.

³ To him the doorkeeper is opening, and the sheep are hearing his voice, and he is summoning his own sheep by name and is leading them out."

⁴ And I hear the number of those sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand. Sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel are: ⁵ out of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand are sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; ⁶ out of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand; ⁷ out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand; ⁸ out of the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand are sealed. ⁹ After these things I perceived, and lo! a vast throng which no one was able to number, out of every nation and out of the tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lambkin, clothed in white robes and with palm fronds in their hands." ¹⁰ And they are crying with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be our God's, Who is sitting on the throne, And the Lambkin's!" ¹¹ And all the messengers stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals. And they fall on their faces before the throne and worship God, ¹² saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be our God's for the eons of the eons. Amen!" ¹³ And one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These clothed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they? ¹⁴ And I have declared to him: "My lord, you are aware.And he said to me, "These are those coming out of the great affliction. And they rinse their robes, and they whiten them in the blood of the Lambkin." ¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God and are offering divine service to Him day and night in His temple. And He Who is sitting on the throne will be tabernacling over them. ¹⁶ They shall not be hungering longer, nor yet shall they be thirsting any longer; no, neither should the sun be falling on them, nor any heat, ¹⁷ seeing that the throne-centered Lambkin shall be shepherding them, and shall be guiding them to living springs of water, and every tear shall God be brushing away from their eyes."

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of appointment, on day one of the second month, in the second year of their going forth from the land of Egypt, saying.

⁵⁹ These were the ones coming up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer; yet they were not able to tell the house of their fathers or their seed, whether they were descended from Israel.

⁶¹ And these [are] those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer--and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel-.

³ fatherless, motherless, without a genealogy, having neither a beginning of days nor consummation of life, yet picturing the Son of God is remaining a priest to a finality."

⁶ Yet he who is not of their genealogy has tithed Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises."

² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel:by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, every male by their skulls,

¹ It came to be after the stroke that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying. ² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' house, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel.

¹ And the anger of Yahweh adds to burn against Israel, and [an adversary] moves David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.. <sup>2</sup> And the king said unto Joab, head of the host that [is] with him, `Go to and fro, I pray you, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect you the people--and I have known the number of the people.. ³ And Joab said unto the king, `Yea, Yahweh your Elohim does add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?. <sup>4</sup> And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goes out, and the heads of the force, [from] before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;" <sup>5</sup> and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that [is] in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer, <sup>6</sup> and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon, <sup>7</sup> and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba. <sup>8</sup> And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem, <sup>9</sup> and Joab gives the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valor, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men. <sup>10</sup> And the heart of David smites him, after that he has numbered the people, and David said unto Yahweh, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Yahweh, cause to pass away, I pray You, the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly..

³² And pregnant is Leah and is bearing a son for Jacob. And calling is she his name Reuben for she says, "For see does Yahweh my humiliation and gives me a son, for now my husband will love me.

⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Enoch and Phallu and Hezron and Carmi.

³ Reuben, my firstborn, you are my vigor, and the beginning of my virility, with a surplus for bearing and a surplus of strength. ⁴ Ebullient as water, you must not have a surplus! For up you went to the bed of your father. Then you violated my berth to which you went up.

¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;" ¹¹ his militia host and its mustered ones are forty-six thousand five hundred.

⁵ Reuben, firstborn of Israel, and the sons of Reuben:through Hanoch, the Hanochite family; through Pallu the Palluite family;" ⁶ through Hezron the Hezronite family; through Carmi the Carmite family. ⁷ These were the Reubenite families. Their mustered ones were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

¹ As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel--for he [is] the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father has his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and [he is] not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,

⁷ These were the Reubenite families. Their mustered ones were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

³³ And pregnant is Leah again, and is bearing a second son for Jacob. And saying is she, "For hearing is Yahweh that hated am I, and giving to me is He this one, moreover.And calling is she his name Simeon.

²⁵ And coming is it on the third day, when they come to be in pain, taking are two sons of Jacob, Simeon, and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each man his sword, and coming are they to the trusting city, and killing are they every male. ²⁶ And Hamor and Shechem, his son, they kill by the edge of the sword. And taking are they Dinah from the house of Shechem, and faring forth. ²⁷ And the sons of Jacob come upon the violated, and plundering are they the city which defiled their sister Dinah. ²⁸ And all their flocks and all their herds, and all their asses, and all that is in the city, and all that is in the field, they take. ²⁹ And all their estate, and all their tots and their wives, they capture. And plundering are they all that is in the city and all that is in the houses. ³⁰ And saying is Jacob to Simeon and to Levi, "You trouble me to make me stink among all the dwellers of the land, among the Canaanite and among the Perizzite. And I am death-doomed, outnumbered when gathered are they against me and smite me, and exterminated shall I be, I and my household.

²⁴ And around is Joseph going, away from them, and is weeping. And returning is he to them, and is speaking to them. And taking is he from them Simeon and is binding him before their eyes.

¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, son of a Canaanitess.

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers. They concluded violence out of their covenants. ⁶ Into their deliberation you must not come, my soul! And in their assembly you must not contend, my glory. For in their anger they killed men, and in their acceptance they felled a chief.

¹² Those encamping next to him are the stock of Simeon. The prince for the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; ¹³ his militia host and their mustered ones are fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

¹² The sons of Simeon by their families:through Nemuel the Nemuelite family; through Jamin the Jaminite family; through Jachin the Jachinite family; ¹³ through Zerah the Zerahite family; through Shaul the Shaulite family. ¹⁴ These were the Simeonite families, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

¹³ his militia host and their mustered ones are fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

⁸ He came after the man of Israel to the alcove and stabbed the two of them, the man of Israel and the woman, into her pelvis. Then the stroke was restrained from the sons of Israel. ⁹ Those dying in the stroke were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁴ These were the Simeonite families, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

¹⁰ and Zilpah, Leah's maid, is pregnant and bearing for Jacob a son. ¹¹ And saying is Leah, "Coming is a raid!"And calling is she his name Gad.

¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi and Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli.

¹⁹ Gad--a raiding party shall `raid' him, yet he shall raid their heels,

¹⁴ As for the stock of Gad:The prince for the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel; ¹⁵ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

¹⁵ The sons of Gad by their families:through Zephon the Zephonite family; through Haggi the Haggite family; through Shuni the Shunite family; ¹⁶ through Ozni the Oznite family; through Eri the Erite family; ¹⁷ through Arod the Arodite family; through Areli the Arelite family. ¹⁸ These were the families of the sons of Gad by their mustered ones, forty thousand five hundred.

¹⁵ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

¹⁸ These were the families of the sons of Gad by their mustered ones, forty thousand five hundred.

³⁵ And pregnant is she again, and is bearing a son. And saying is she, "Now once more will I acclaim Yahweh.Therefore calling is she his name Judah. And staying is she from bearing.

¹² And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Pharez and Zarah. Yet Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And there come to be sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁸ Judah, you and your brothers will acclaim. Your hands shall be on the scruff of your enemies. Prostrate to you shall the sons of your father. ⁹ The whelp of a lion is Judah. From the prey, my son, bow will he, recline as a lion. And as a parent lion, who will make him rise? ¹⁰ Not withdraw shall the sceptre from Judah, nor a statue-maker's staff from between his feet, till it be that ease shall come to him. And to it shall the expectation of the people be. ¹¹ Bind to a vine will he his colt, and to a yellow muscat grape the foal of his she-ass, he rinses in wine his apparel, and in the blood of grapes his coverlet. ¹² Flushed will be his eyes from wine, and white, his teeth, from milk.

³ Those encamping eastward, toward the sunrise, are under the standard of the camp of Judah, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab;" ⁴ his militia host and their mustered ones are seventy-four thousand six hundred.

¹⁹ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan. Now Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ The sons of Judah were, by their families:through Shelah the Shelanite family; through Perez the Perezite family; through Zerah the Zerahite family. ²¹ The sons of Perez were:through Hezron the Hezronite family; through Hamul the Hamulite family. ²² These were the families of Judah by their mustered ones, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

² for Judah has been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright [is] to Joseph.

¹⁴ And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers:Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valor, three hundred chiefs. ¹⁵ And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. ¹⁶ And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valor.

² Abraham begets Isaac; now Isaac begets Jacob; now Jacob begets Judah and his brothers.

²² These were the families of Judah by their mustered ones, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

¹⁸ And saying is Leah, "Giving is the Elohim my hire, for I give my maid to my husband.And calling is she his name Issachar.

¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Phuvah and Jashub and Shimron.

¹⁴ Issachar covets pleasantness, recline will he between the hearthstones, an. ¹⁵ see a resting place that is good, and a land that is pleasant, yet stretch out will he his shoulder for a burden, and become will he a servant under a labor levy.

⁵ Those encamping next to him are the stock of Issachar. The prince for the sons of Issachar is Nathanael son of Zuar; ⁶ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-four thousand four hundred.

²³ For there is no augury against Jacob nor divination against Israel; at the right time it is spoken to Jacob and to Israel:What has El contrived! ²⁴ Behold, the people arise like a parent lion, and like a lion lifts himself. He shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of those wounded to death. ²⁵ Balak said to Balaam:If you shall not revile, yea revile him at all, you should also not bless, yea bless him at all!"

²³ The sons of Issachar by their families:through Tola the Tolaite family; through Puah the Puanite family; ²⁴ through Jashub the Jashubite family; through Shimron the Shimronite family. ²⁵ These were the families of Issachar by their mustered ones, sixty-four thousand three hundred.

⁶ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-four thousand four hundred.

²⁵ These were the families of Issachar by their mustered ones, sixty-four thousand three hundred.

²⁰ And saying is Leah, "Dowering me is the Elohim with a good dowry this time. My husband will prefer me, for I bear for him six sons.And calling is she his name Zebulon.

¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulon: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.

¹³ Zebulon at a port of the seas shall tabernacle, and at a port for ships with its flank unto Sidon.

⁷ The stock of Zebulun:The prince for the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon; ⁸ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun by their families:through Sered the Seredite family; through Elon the Elonite family; through Jahleel the Jahleelite family; ²⁷ These were the families of the Zebulunite by their mustered ones, sixty thousand five hundred.

⁸ his militia host and its mustered ones are fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

²⁷ These were the families of the Zebulunite by their mustered ones, sixty thousand five hundred.

²⁴ And calling is she his name Joseph saying, "Adding is Yahweh to me another son.

¹ And dwelling is Jacob in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. ² These are the genealogical annals of Jacob. Joseph, seventeen years of age, comes to be grazing the flock with his brothers, and he, the lad, is with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father. And bringing is Joseph their evil mutterings to Israel, their father. ³ And Israel loves Joseph more than any other of his sons, for a son of his old age is he, to him. And he makes for him a distinctive tunic. ⁴ And seeing are his brothers that their father loves him more than any other of his sons. And hating him are they and cannot speak peaceably to him. ⁵ And dreaming is Joseph a dream. And telling it is he to his brothers. And continuing further are they in their hatred of him. ⁶ And saying is he to them, "Hear, pray, this dream which I dreamed. ⁷ And, behold! We are compressing shocks in the midst of the field. And behold! Rising is my shock, and, moreover, takes its station. And, behold! Surrounding it are your shocks, and prostrating to my shock!" ⁸ And saying to him are his brothers, "Verily reign over us shall you? And should you verily rule among us?And continuing further are they to hate him on account of his dreams, and on account of his words. ⁹ And dreaming is he still another dream. And relating is he it to his father and to his brothers, and is saying, "Behold! I dream a further dream. And behold! The sun and the moon and the eleven stars are prostrating to me. ¹⁰ And relating it is he to his father and to his brothers. And rebuking him is his father, and saying to him, "What dream is this which you dream? Shall I and your mother and your brothers come, yea, come to prostrate to you to the earth? ¹¹ And jealous are his brothers of him, yet his father keeps the word. ¹² And going are his brothers to graze their father's flock in Shechem. ¹³ And saying is Israel to Joseph, "Are not your brothers grazing in Shechem? Go. Send you will I to them.And saying is he to him, "Behold me!" ¹⁴ And saying to him is Israel, "Go, pray, and see if it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock, and return me word.And sending him is he from the vale of Hebron. And coming is he to Shechem. ¹⁵ And finding him is a man, and, behold! Straying is he in the field. And asking him is the man saying, "What are you seeking? ¹⁶ And saying is he, "My brothers am I seeking. Tell me, pray, whereat they are grazing. ¹⁷ And saying is the man, "They journeyed hence, for I heard them saying, `Go will we to Doesan..And going is Joseph after his brothers, and is finding them in Doesan. <sup>18</sup> And seeing him are they from afar, and ere he is coming near to them. And plotting are they against him among themselves to put him to death. <sup>19</sup> And saying is each man to his brother, "Behold! This possessor of dreams is coming!" <sup>20</sup> And now go, and we will kill him and fling him into one of the cisterns and say, `An evil animal devoured him,' and see will we what will become of his dreams. ²¹ And hearing of it is Reuben, and rescuing him is he out of their hands. And saying is he, "Not smite will we his soul. ²² And saying to them is Reuben, "You must not shed blood. Fling him into this cistern which is in the wilderness, yet a hand you, you must not stretch out against him,--that he may rescue him from their hands, to restore him to his father. ²³ And coming is it, as Joseph comes to his brothers, that they are stripping Joseph of his tunic, the distinctive tunic which is on him. ²⁴ And taking him are they, and flinging him into the cistern. Yet the cistern was empty. No water was in it. ²⁵ And sitting down are they to eat bread. And lifting are they their eyes and seeing, and behold! A caravan of Ishmaelites are coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing perfume and balm and labdanum, going by to go down to Egypt. ²⁶ And saying is Judah to his brothers, "What gain is it that we kill our brother and cover his blood? ²⁷ Go, and we will sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hand must not come to be against him, for our brother and our flesh is he.And hearkening are his brothers. ²⁸ And passing are mortals, Midianites, merchants. And drawing are they and bringing up Joseph from the cistern, and are selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings. And bringing are they Joseph to Egypt. ²⁹ And returning is Reuben to the cistern, and behold! No Joseph is in the cistern. And tearing is he his garments. ³⁰ And returning is he to his brothers and is saying, "The boy! There is no one! And I! Whither can I come? ³¹ And taking are they Joseph's tunic, and slaying a hairy one of the goats, and dipping the tunic in the blood. ³² And sending are they the distinctive tunic, and they are bringing it to their father. And saying are they, "This we found. Pray identify the tunic, if it is not your son's. ³³ And identifying it is he and saying, "The tunic of my son! An evil animal has devoured him! Joseph is torn to pieces, yea, to pieces!" ³⁴ And tearing is Jacob his garments, and is placing sackcloth on his waist, and is mourning over his son many days. ³⁵ And rising are all his sons and all his daughters and they come to console him, yet refusing is he to be consoled and is saying that, "Descend will I to my son, to the unseen, mourning.And lamenting over him is his father. ³⁶ And the Midianites sell Joseph to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners.

¹ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And bought is he by Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, an Egyptian man, from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. ² And coming is Yahweh to be with Joseph, and becoming is he a prosperous man. And coming is he to be in the house of his lord, the Egyptian. ³ And seeing is his lord that Yahweh is with him and that all that he is doing Yahweh is prospering in his hand. ⁴ And finding is Joseph grace in the eyes of his lord, and ministering is he to him. And making him is he supervisor over his household, and all, forsooth, which is his he gives into Joseph's hand. ⁵ And coming is it, since he makes him supervisor in his house and over all, forsooth, that is his, that Yahweh is blessing the Egyptian's household due to Joseph, and coming is Yahweh's blessing to be over all, forsooth, which is his, in the house and in the field. ⁶ And leaving is he all that is his in the hand of Joseph. And naught knows he of his, save the bread which he is eating. And coming is Joseph to have a lovely shape and a lovely appearance. ⁷ And coming is it after these things, that lifting is the wife of his lord her eyes to Joseph and is saying, "Lie with me. ⁸ And refusing is he, and saying to his lord's wife, "Behold! My lord knows naught of me in the house, and all, forsooth, that is his he gives into my hand. ⁹ No one is greater in this house than I, and he has not kept back aught from me save you, in that you are his wife. And how shall I do this great evil and sin against the Elohim? ¹⁰ And coming is it, as she speaks to Joseph day by day, that he does not hearken to her to lie beside her, to be with her. ¹¹ And coming is a day as this, and coming is Joseph to the house to do his work, and no man of the mortals of the household is there in the house. ¹² And grasping him is she by his cloak, saying, "Lie with me!"And leaving is he his cloak in her hand, and fleeing, and faring forth outside. ¹³ And coming is it, as she sees that he leaves his cloak in her hand and is fleeing and faring forth outside, ¹⁴ that calling is she to the mortals of her household and is speaking to them, saying, "See! He brings to us a man, a Hebrew to laugh at us. He comes to me saying, `Lie with me,' and calling am I with a loud voice. <sup>15</sup> And coming is it, as he hears that I raise high my voice and am calling, that he is leaving his cloak beside me and is fleeing and faring forth outside. <sup>16</sup> And leaving is she his cloak beside her till his lord comes to his house. <sup>17</sup> And speaking is she to him according to these words, saying, "There came to me the Hebrew servant whom you brought to us, to laugh at me, and said to me, `Lie with me.. ¹⁸ And coming is it, as I raise high my voice and am calling, that he is leaving his cloak beside me and is fleeing and is faring forth outside. ¹⁹ And coming is it, as his lord hears the words of his wife, which she speaks to him, saying, "According to these words does your servant to me,that hot is his anger. ²⁰ And Joseph's lord is taking him and is giving him over to the round-house, the place in which the king's prisoners are bound. And coming is he to be there in the round-house. ²¹ Yet coming is Yahweh to be with Joseph, and He is stretching out to him in kindness and is giving him grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house. ²² And the chief of the round-house is giving into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who are in the round-house. And all that is being done there, he comes to be the doer. ²³ Naught is the chief of the round-house prison seeing of all that is in his hand, in that Yahweh is with him, and all that he is doing Yahweh is prospering.

²⁰ And sons are born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bears for him, Manasseh and Ephraim. And the sons are born to Manasseh, whom a Syrian concubine bears for him, Machir. And Machir begets Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, Manasseh's brother: Soutalaam and Taam. And the son of Soutalaam: Edem.

¹ And coming is it after these things that someone is saying to Joseph, "Behold! Your father is ailing.And taking is he his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim, and comes to Jacob. ² And someone is telling Jacob and saying, "Behold! Your son Joseph is coming to you.And encouraging himself is Israel, and is sitting on the couch. ³ And saying is Jacob to Joseph, "The El-Who-Suffices appeared to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessing me is He, ⁴ and saying to me, `Behold Me making you fruitful. And I increase you, and give you to be an assembly of peoples. And I give this land to you and to your seed after you for a freehold eonian.. ⁵ And now your two sons, born to you in the land of Egypt previous to my coming to you to Egypt, mine are they, Ephraim and Manasseh. As Reuben and as Simeon, shall they become mine. ⁶ Yet your kindred, whom you beget after them, are yours. Come shall they to be called by the name of their brothers in allotting their allotment. ⁷ And I, at my coming from Padan, Syria, Rachel, your mother, died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, while still some distance overland to come to Ephrath. And I entombed her there on the way to Ephrath.(It is now Bethlehem.. ⁸ And seeing is Israel the sons of Joseph. And saying is he, "Who are these? ⁹ And saying is Joseph to his father, "My sons are they, who were given me by the Elohim in this place.And saying is Jacob, "Take them, pray, to me and I will bless them. ¹⁰ Yet the eyes of Israel are heavy with age and he cannot see. And close is he bringing them to him. And kissing them is he and embracing them. ¹¹ And saying to Joseph is Israel, "To see your face I did not pray, and behold! The Elohim, moreover, shows me your seed. ¹² And forth is Joseph bringing them from between his knees, and is prostrating to him with his nostrils to the earth. ¹³ And taking is Joseph the two, Ephraim on his right at Israel's left, and Manasseh on his left at Israel's right, and is bringing them close to him. ¹⁴ And stretching out is Israel his right hand and is setting it on Ephraim's head, when he is the inferior in station, and his left on Manasseh's head, using his hands intelligently, for Manasseh is the firstborn. ¹⁵ And blessing them is he and saying, "The Elohim before Whom my forefathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked, the Elohim, my Shepherd from my youth till this day, ¹⁶ the Messenger, my Redeemer from all evil, bless these youths. And called on them shall be my name, and the name of my forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. And prolific shall they be, to make a vast increase within the land. ¹⁷ And seeing is Joseph that his father is setting his right hand on Ephraim's head, and evil is it in his eyes. And up is Joseph holding his father's hand, to take it away, off of Ephraim's head, on to Manasseh's head. ¹⁸ And saying is Joseph to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Place your right on his head. ¹⁹ And refusing is his father and saying, "I know, my son! I know! Moreover, he shall become a people, and he shall become great. Howbeit, his smaller brother shall be greater than he. And his seed shall become a fullness of the nations. ²⁰ And blessing them is he in that day, saying, "By you shall Israel bless, saying, "The Elohim make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!.And placing is he Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹ And saying is Israel to Joseph, "Behold! I am dying. Yet the Elohim comes to be with you, and restores you to the land of your forefathers!" ²² And I, behold! I give to you Shechem, one share over your brothers, of that which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

²² A fruitful son is Joseph, a fruitful son, joy of my eye, my son, inferior, to me has returned, ²³ and bitter were they with him, and contended and begrudging him were the archers, ²⁴ yet broken in virility is their bow, and slack are the arms of their hands. From the hands of the Sturdy One of Jacob, thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel, ²⁵ from the El of your father, and your Helper, and He Who-Suffices, and your Blesser, blessings of the heavens from above, blessings of the submerged chaos reclining beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb, ²⁶ blessings of your father and your mother. Master are they over the blessings of my mountains, unto the yearning of the eonian hills, coming are they on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the governor of his brothers.

¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their militia hosts, is westward. The prince for the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud;" ¹⁹ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty thousand five hundred.

³⁵ These were the sons of Ephraim by their families:through Shuthelah the Shuthelahite family; through Becher the Becherite family, through Tahan the Tahanite family. These were the sons of Shuthelah. ³⁶ through Eran the Eranite family. ³⁷ These were the families of the sons of Ephraim by their mustered ones, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These were the sons of Joseph by their families.

¹⁷ as the firstborn of his kine brings honor to him, and his horns are the horns of the wild bull. With them he shall gore the peoples altogether, to the limits of the earth. Those are the myriads of Ephraim, and those are the thousands of Manasseh.

⁵ And now your two sons, born to you in the land of Egypt previous to my coming to you to Egypt, mine are they, Ephraim and Manasseh. As Reuben and as Simeon, shall they become mine.

¹⁹ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty thousand five hundred.

³⁷ These were the families of the sons of Ephraim by their mustered ones, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These were the sons of Joseph by their families.

²⁸ The sons of Joseph by their families:Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The sons of Manasseh were:through Machir the Machirite family, and Machir begat Gilead; through Gilead the Gileadite family. ³⁰ These were the sons of Gilead:through Jezer the Jezerite family; through Helek the Helekite family; ³¹ through Asriel the Asrielite family; through Shechem the Shechemite family; ³² through Shemida the Shemidaite family; through Hepher the Hepherite family. ³³ Zelophehad son of Hepher came to have no sons but rather daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were:Malhah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴ These were the families of Manasseh by their mustered ones, fifty two thousand seven hundred.

¹⁹ And refusing is his father and saying, "I know, my son! I know! Moreover, he shall become a people, and he shall become great. Howbeit, his smaller brother shall be greater than he. And his seed shall become a fullness of the nations. ²⁰ And blessing them is he in that day, saying, "By you shall Israel bless, saying, "The Elohim make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!.And placing is he Ephraim before Manasseh.

²¹ his militia host and their mustered ones are thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁴ These were the families of Manasseh by their mustered ones, fifty two thousand seven hundred.

¹⁶ And journeying is Jacob from Beth-El, and it comes to be still some distance over land to come to Ephrath. And bearing is Rachel, and hard is she having it in her bearing. ¹⁷ And coming is it, as she has it hard in her bearing, then saying to her is the midwife, "You must not fear, for this, moreover, is a son for you!" ¹⁸ And coming is it, when forth fares her soul (for she died), that she is calling his name Ben-oni. Yet his father calls his name Benjamin.

²⁰ And said we to my lord, `Forsooth, we have a father, old, and a boy of his old age, the small and his brother is dead, and left is he alone of his mother, and his father loves him.

²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Belah and Becher and Ashbel. And sons were born to Belah: Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and to Gera is born Ard.

²⁷ Benjamin is a wolf, tearing to pieces. In the morning he'll devour further, and in the evening he'll apportion the loot.

³⁸ The sons of Benjamin by their families:through Bela the Belaite family; through Ashbel the Ashbelite family; through Ahiram the Ahiramite family; ³⁹ through Shupham the Shuphamite family; through Hupham the Huphamite family. ⁴⁰ The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman:through Ard the Ardite family; through Naaman the Naamite family. ⁴¹ These were the sons of Benjamin by their families, and their mustered ones were forty-five thousand six hundred.

¹⁷ And of Benjamin:mighty of valor, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.

⁸ out of the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand are sealed.

²³ his militia host and their mustered ones are thirty-five thousand four hundred.

⁴¹ These were the sons of Benjamin by their families, and their mustered ones were forty-five thousand six hundred.

⁴⁴ And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men--the whole of these [are] men of valor; ⁴⁵ and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men. ⁴⁶ And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day--the whole of these [are] men of valor;"

⁵ And pregnant is Rachel's maid, Bilhah, and is bearing for Jacob a son. ⁶ And saying is Rachel, "Adjudicated has the Elohim for me, and, moreover, He hears my voice, and is giving to me a son.Therefore she calls his name Dan.

²³ And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

¹⁶ Dan shall adjudicate his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Become shall Dan a serpent on a way, a horned snake on a path, that bites the heels of a horse, and fall shall its rider backward.

⁴² These were the sons of Dan by their families:through Shuham the Shuhamite family. These were the families of Dan by their families. ⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites by their mustered ones were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

²⁶ his militia host and their mustered ones are sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites by their mustered ones were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

¹² And pregnant is Zilpah, Leah's maid, and is bearing a second son for Jacob. ¹³ And saying is Leah "Happiness is mine, for the daughters call me happy.And calling is she his name Ashur.

²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who are born to him in Egypt are two souls. All the souls pertaining to the house of Jacob coming to Egypt are seventy-five.

²⁰ Asher--stout shall be his bread, and he will provide royal luxuries.

⁴⁴ The sons of Asher by their families:through Jimna the Jimnite family; through Ishvi the Ishvite family; through Beriah the Beriite family, ⁴⁵ through sons of Beriah, through Heber the Heberite family; through Malchiel the Malchielite family. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sherach. ⁴⁷ These were the families of the sons of Asher by their mustered ones, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

²⁸ his militia host and their mustered ones are forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴⁷ These were the families of the sons of Asher by their mustered ones, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁷ And pregnant is she again, and bearing is Bilhah, Rachel's maid, a second son for Jacob. ⁸ And saying is Rachel, "With twistings of the Elohim am I twisted with my sister, and moreover, I prevail.And calling is she his name Naphtali.

²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.

²¹ Naphtali is a oak stretched out, the giver of products that are seemly.

⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali by their families:through Jahzeel the Jahzeelite family; through Guni the Gunite family; ⁴⁹ through Jezer the Jezerite family; through Shillem the Shillemite family. ⁵⁰ These were the families of Naphtali by their families, and their mustered ones were forty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁰ his militia host and their mustered ones are fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁵⁰ These were the families of Naphtali by their families, and their mustered ones were forty-five thousand four hundred.

² Obtain the sum of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel:by their families, by their fathers' house with the number of names, every male by their skulls, ³ from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel. You shall muster them by their militia hosts, you and Aaron. ⁴ And with you shall come to be a man for each stock; each the head of his fathers' house shall he be. ⁵ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you:for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;" ⁶ for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;" ⁷ for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;" ⁸ for Issachar, Nathanael son of Zuar;" ⁹ for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;" ¹⁰ for the sons of Joseph:for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;" ¹¹ for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;" ¹² for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;" ¹³ for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;" ¹⁴ for Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel;" ¹⁵ for Naphtali, Ahida son of Enan. ¹⁶ These are the called of the congregation, princes of the stocks of their fathers; they are heads of thousands of Israel.

⁶⁴ Yet among these not a man came to be from the mustering of Moses and Aaron the priest when they had mustered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,

² And make you will I into a great nation, and bless you will I and make your name great, and become must you a blessing.

¹⁶ And I make your seed as the soil of the land. Could a man count the soil of the land, moreover, then your seed shall be counted.

⁵ And forth is he bringing him outside and saying, "Look, pray, toward the heavens and number the stars, if you can number them.And saying is He to him, "Thus shall your seed become.

⁶ And fruitful I cause you to be exceedingly exceedingly. And I make of you nations, and kings from you shall fare forth.

¹⁷ that, blessing, yea, blessing you am I, and increasing, yea, increasing your seed am I as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the sea shore. And your seed shall tenant the gateway of its enemies,

³ Sojourn in this land, and I come to be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, and carry out will I the oath which I swore to Abraham, your father.

¹⁴ And become shall your seed as the soil of the land. And breach forth will you seaward and eastward and northward and toward the south-rim. And blessed, in you, are all the families of the ground, and in your seed.

³ And saying is He, "I am the El, the Elohim of your forefather. You must not fear to go down to Egypt, for a great nation will I constitute you there. ⁴ I will go down with you to Egypt, and I, moreover, will bring, yea, bring you up. And Joseph shall set his hands on your eyes.

³⁷ The sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses toward Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, those of mastery, besides the little ones.

³² These are the ones being mustered of the sons of Israel by their father's house. All the ones being mustered of the camps by their militia hosts are six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

¹⁰ Who counts the soil-drift of Jacob? And who numbers the dust cloud of Israel? May my soul die the death of the upright, and may my hereafter be just as his!"

⁵¹ These were the mustered ones of the sons of Israel:six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.

²² With seventy souls your fathers went down to Egypt. Yet now Yahweh your Elohim has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude.

²⁰ Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

⁵ And Joab gives the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.

³ And Abijah directs the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam has set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valor.

¹⁴ And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers:Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valor, three hundred chiefs. ¹⁵ And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. ¹⁶ And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin:mighty of valor, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs. ¹⁸ And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host. ¹⁹ These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.

¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also obtained power for the disruption of seed, and brought forth beyond the period of her prime, since she deems the Promiser faithful;" ¹² wherefore, also, were begotten by one, and these of one who is deadened, according as the constellations of heaven in multitude, and as the sand beside the sea shore innumerable."

⁴ And I hear the number of those sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand. Sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel are: ⁵ out of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand are sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; ⁶ out of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand; ⁷ out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand; ⁸ out of the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand are sealed. ⁹ After these things I perceived, and lo! a vast throng which no one was able to number, out of every nation and out of the tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lambkin, clothed in white robes and with palm fronds in their hands."

³ from twenty years old and upward, everyone going forth with the militia host in Israel. You shall muster them by their militia hosts, you and Aaron.

⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp.

³³ Yet the Levites did not present themselves to be mustered in the midst of the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

¹ These are the genealogical records of Aaron and Moses, on the day Yahweh spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. ² And these were the names of the sons of Aaron:the firstborn Nadab, then Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These were the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hands he filled to serve as priests. ⁴ Yet Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near alien fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai. They did not come to have sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁶ Bring near the stock of Levi and stand them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. ⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They will keep all the furnishings of the tent of appointment and the charge for the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ To Aaron and to his sons will you give the Levites. They are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And to Aaron and his sons shall you commit this that they observe their priesthood. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ¹¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ¹² As for me, behold, I take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn male opening up the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites became Mine, ¹³ for every firstborn male is Mine. In the day I smote every firstborn male in the land of Egypt I sanctified for Myself every firstborn male in Israel from human unto beast. Mine shall they become:I am Yahweh. ¹⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying. ¹⁵ Muster the sons of Levi by their fathers' house, by their families; every male from a month old and upward, you shall muster them. ¹⁶ So Moses mustered them at the bidding of Yahweh, just as he was instructed. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi by their names:Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ¹⁸ These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:Libni and Shimei; ¹⁹ and the sons of Kohath by their families:Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;" ²⁰ and the sons of Merari by their families:Mahli and Mushi. These names were those of the Levite families by their fathers' house. ²¹ Belonging to Gershon were the Libnite family and the Shimeite family. These two were those of the Gershonite families. ²² Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, their mustered ones were seven thousand five hundred. ²³ The Gershonite families encamped behind the tabernacle westward. ²⁴ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Gershonite was Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ The charge of the sons of Gershon at the tent of appointment was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the portal of the court which was surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, also its cords for all its service. ²⁷ Belonging to Kohath were the Amramite family, the Izharite family, the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These were those of the Kohathite families. ²⁸ According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the holy place. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath encamped at the flank of the tabernacle, southward. ³⁰ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Kohathite families was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the coffer and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the furnishings of the holy place with which they shall minister and the portiere and all its service. ³² And the prince of the Levite princes was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, with the supervision of those keeping charge of the holy place. ³³ Belonging to Merari were the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These two were those of the Merari families. ³⁴ Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ And the prince of their fathers' house for the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. At the flank of the tabernacle they encamped, northward. ³⁶ And the supervision, the charge of the sons of Merari, was the hollow tapers of the tabernacle and its bars, its columns and its sockets, all its furnishings and all its service, ³⁷ also the columns of the court round about and their sockets, their pegs and their cords. ³⁸ Those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of appointment, toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, the ones keeping charge of the sanctuary as the charge of the sons of Israel. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ³⁹ All the ones being mustered of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families, every male from a month old and upward were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ Yahweh said to Moses:Muster every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and obtain the number of their names. ⁴¹ You will take the Levites for Me (I am Yahweh) instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the beasts of the Levites instead of every firstborn among the beasts of the sons of Israel. ⁴² So Moses mustered, just as Yahweh had instructed him, every firstborn among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, as they had been mustered, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel and the beasts of the Levites instead of their beasts. So the Levites become Mine:I am Yahweh. ⁴⁶ And as the ransoms of the two hundred seventy-three, the superfluity, those over the number of the Levites, from the firstborn of the sons of Israe. ⁴⁷ you will take also five shekels, five shekels per skull. By the shekel of the holy place shall you take them, twenty gerahs to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And you will give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, the ransoms of the superfluity among them. ⁴⁹ So Moses took the silver of the ransoms from the superfluity, those over the ones ransomed by the Levites.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying. ² You are to obtain the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi by their families, by their fathers' house, ³ from thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all those coming to the Levitical host, to do the work in the tent of appointment. ⁴ This is the carrier service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment:the holy of holies. ⁵ For Aaron will come in, and his sons, when the camp is to journey, and they will take down the portiere curtain and cover the coffer of the testimony with it. ⁶ They will put on it a cover of azure hide and spread over it a cloth wholly of blue from above and put its poles in place. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they shall spread a blue cloth, and they will put on it the dishes and the spoons, the waste pans and the libation chalices. Also the continual bread shall be on it. ⁸ Then they will spread over them a cloth of double-dipped crimson, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the luminary, its lamps and its snuffers, its fire-pans and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it. ¹⁰ Then they will put it and all its furnishings into a cover of azure hide and put it on the slider bar. ¹¹ Also on the golden altar shall they spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ¹² They will take all the furnishings of the ministry with which they minister in the holy place and wrap them in a blue cloth and cover them with a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹³ Then they will degrease the copper altar, spread over it a purple clot. ¹⁴ and put on it all its furnishings with which they minister on it, the fire-pans, the forks and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls, all the furnishings of the altar; they will spread over it a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the laver and its base and put them into a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment. ¹⁶ Under the supervision of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the luminary, the incense of spices, the regular approach present and the anointing oil; he has the supervision over the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, among the holy things and its furnishings. ¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying. ¹⁸ Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite families be cut off from the midst of the Levites. ¹⁹ Yet this do for them, and they will live and shall not die when they come close to the holy of holies:Aaron and his sons shall come and will appoint them, each man to his service and to his load. ²⁰ Yet they shall not come in to see the sanctuary in dismantling, for they would die. ²¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ²² You are to obtain the sum of the sons of Gershon, of them also by their fathers' house, by their families. ²³ From thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old shall you muster them, everyone coming to enlist with the Levitical host to serve in the service in the tent of appointment. ²⁴ This is the service of the Gershonite families, to serve and to carry loads. ²⁵ They will carry the sheets of the tabernacle and the tent of appointment, its covering and the azure cover which is on it from above and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ also the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the opening of the gate of the court which is surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the furnishings for their service; in all which is to be done with regard to them, they will serve. ²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonite, for all their load and for all their service. And you will commit to them as a charge all of their load. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of appointment. And their charge is in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ As for the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house you shall muster them. ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old shall you muster them, everyone coming to the Levitical host to serve in the service of the tent of appointment. ³¹ This is the charge of their load for all their service in the tent of appointment:the hollow tapers of the tabernacle with its bars, its columns and its sockets, ³² the columns around the court with their sockets, their pegs and their cords with all their furnishings and with all their servicing. By names shall you check all the furnishings of the charge of their load. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their service in the tent of appointment in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ³⁴ Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation mustered the sons of the Kohathite by their families and by their fathers' house, ³⁵ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to the Levitical host for service in the tent of appointment, ³⁶ their mustered ones by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty. ³⁷ These were the ones being mustered of the Kohathite families, everyone serving in the tent of appointment whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses. ³⁸ As for the ones being mustered of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers' house, ³⁹ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to the Levitical host for service in the tent of appointment, ⁴⁰ their mustered ones by their families, by their fathers' house, were two thousand six hundred thirty. ⁴¹ These were the ones being mustered of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh, by means of Moses. ⁴² As for the ones being mustered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house, ⁴³ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to the Levitical host for service in the tent of appointment, ⁴⁴ their mustered ones by their families were three thousand two hundred. ⁴⁵ These were the ones being mustered of the families of the sons of Merari whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses. ⁴⁶ All the ones being mustered whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel mustered of the Levites by their families and by their fathers' house, ⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to serve on the servicing service and the carrying service in the tent of appointment, ⁴⁸ their mustered ones were eight thousand five hundred eighty. ⁴⁹ At the bidding of Yahweh one mustered them, by means of Moses, each man for his service and for his load; thus they were being mustered by him just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ² Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, toward the face of the lampstand the seven lamps shall give light. ³ Aaron did so; toward the face of the lampstand, he set up its lamps just as Yahweh had instructed Moses. ⁴ And this was the handiwork of the lampstand:a stiff shell of gold--from its stem unto its buds it was a stiff shell. According to the appearance which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. ⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁶ Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and cleanse them. ⁷ Thus shall you do to them to cleanse them:spatter water of purification from sin over them, let them pass a razor over all their flesh, let them rinse their garments and so cleanse themselves. ⁸ They will take a young bull (a calf of the herd) and its approach present of flour mingled with oil; then you shall take a second young bull (a calf of the herd) for a sin offering. ⁹ You will bring near the Levites before the tent of appointment and assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ When you bring near the Levites before Yahweh, then the sons of Israel will support their hands on the Levites, ¹¹ and Aaron will wave the Levites as a wave offering before Yahweh from the sons of Israel, so that they will come to serve in the service of Yahweh. ¹² And the Levites, they shall support their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Then offer the one as a sin offering and the other as an ascent offering to Yahweh to make a propitiatory shelter over the Levites. ¹³ Have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons, and wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. ¹⁴ Thus you will separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that the Levites become Mine. ¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come to serve in the service of the tent of appointment when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of everyone opening up the womb, every firstborn of the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself;" ¹⁷ for Mine is every firstborn among the sons of Israel among human and among beast. On the day I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. ¹⁸ So I shall take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, ¹⁹ and give the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift to Aaron and to his sons to serve in the service on behalf of the sons of Israel in the tent of appointment and to make a separating shelter for the sons of Israel so that no stroke may come among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come close to the holy place. ²⁰ Moses, Aaron and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel dealt with the Levites according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses as to the Levites. So the sons of Israel dealt with them. ²¹ The Levites purified themselves from sin and rinsed their garments, and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before Yahweh; then Aaron made a propitiatory shelter over them to cleanse them. ²² And afterward the Levites came to serve their service in the tent of appointment before Aaron and before his sons. Just as Yahweh had instructed Moses concerning the Levites, so they dealt with them. ²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ²⁴ This is what applies to the Levites. From twenty-five years old and upward may one come to enlist with the Levitical host in the service of the tent of appointment. ²⁵ And from fifty years old shall one retire from the active service in the Levitical host and shall serve no longer; ²⁶ yet he may minister to his brothers in the tent of appointment, so as to keep guard, though in active service he shall not serve. Thus shall you deal with the Levites in regard to their charges.

⁵⁷ These were the mustered ones of the Levites by their families:through Gershon the Gershonite family; through Kohath the Kohathite family; through Merari the Merarite family. ⁵⁸ These were the families of the sons of Levi:the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family and the Korathite family. Kohath begot Amram;" ⁵⁹ and the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a Levite daughter who was born to the Levite in Egypt. And she bore for Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam, their sister. ⁶⁰ To Aaron was born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ Yet Nadab and Abihu died when they offered alien fire before Yahweh. ⁶² Their mustered ones were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they did not present themselves to be mustered for militia service in the midst of the sons of Israel, for no allotment was given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

¹ Sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ² And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ³ And sons of Amram:Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And sons of Aaron:Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, ⁵ and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, ⁶ and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, ⁷ Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, ⁸ and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, ⁹ and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, ¹⁰ and Johanan begat Azariah, him who acted as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹ And Azariah begets Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, ¹² and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, ¹³ and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, ¹⁴ and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;" ¹⁵ and Jehozadak has gone in Yahweh's removing Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶ Sons of Levi:Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And these [are] names of sons of Gershom:Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ And sons of Kohath:Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these [are] families of the Levite according to their fathers; ²⁰ of Gershom:Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹ Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. ²² Sons of Kohath:Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³ Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, ²⁴ Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵ And sons of Elkanah; Amasai and Ahimoth. ²⁶ Elkanah; sons of Elkanah:Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, ²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸ And sons of Samuel:the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah. ²⁹ Sons of Merari:Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. ³¹ And these [are] they whom David stationed over the parts of the song of the house of Yahweh, from the resting of the ark, ³² and they are ministering before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, in song, till the building by Solomon of the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem; and they stand according to their ordinance over their service. ³³ And these [are] those standing, and their sons:of the sons of the Kohathite:Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Shemuel, ³⁴ son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, ³⁵ son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, ³⁶ son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, ³⁷ son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, ³⁸ son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. ³⁹ And his brother Asaph, who is standing on his right--Asaph, son of Berachiah, son of Shimea, ⁴⁰ son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchiah, ⁴¹ son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, ⁴² son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, ⁴³ son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴ And sons of Merari, their brethren, [are] on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ⁴⁵ son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shamer, ⁴⁷ son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸ And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of Elohim. ⁴⁹ And Aaron and his sons are making perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the perfume, for all the work of the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of Elohim commanded. ⁵⁰ And these [are] sons of Aaron:Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹ Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵² Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, ⁵³ Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. ⁵⁴ And these [are] their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;" ⁵⁵ and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it; ⁵⁶ and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge:Hebron, and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ⁵⁸ and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs, ⁵⁹ and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs. ⁶⁰ And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities [are] thirteen cities, for their families. ⁶¹ And to the sons of Kohath, those left of the family of the tribe, from the half of the tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, [are] ten cities. ⁶² And to the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³ To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities. ⁶⁴ And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs. ⁶⁵ And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name;" ⁶⁶ and some of the families of the sons of Kohath have cities of their border from the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁷ and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, ⁶⁸ and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-Horan and its suburbs, ⁶⁹ and Aijalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;" ⁷⁰ and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left. ⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half of the tribe of Manasseh [are] Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;" ⁷² and from the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs, ⁷³ and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;" ⁷⁴ and from the tribe of Asher; Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs, ⁷⁵ and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;" ⁷⁶ and from the tribe of Naphtali:Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs. ⁷⁷ To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, [are] Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs;" ⁷⁸ and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, ⁷⁹ and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;" ⁸⁰ and from the tribe of Gad:Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ⁸¹ and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.

⁶ And Levi and Benjamin he has not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.

⁶² Their mustered ones were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they did not present themselves to be mustered for militia service in the midst of the sons of Israel, for no allotment was given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ He gave to Moses, as He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

²⁶ then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said: Whoever is for Yahweh come to me! So all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him; ²⁷ and he said to them: Thus says Yahweh Elohim of Israel: Each man place his sword on his thigh, cross over and return from gate to gate in the camp. Each man kill his brother and each man his associate and each man his nearest. ²⁸ The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people in that day about three thousand men. ²⁹ Hence Moses said: They have filled your hands today to Yahweh, for each man has been against his son and against his brother so as to give a blessing over you today.

²¹ These are the notations as to the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were noted down at the bidding of Moses, a service of the Levites under the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony.

¹⁷ Then the tent of appointment will journey with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the other camps. Just as they are encamping so shall they journey, each man on his own side under their standards.

¹ These are the genealogical records of Aaron and Moses, on the day Yahweh spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. ² And these were the names of the sons of Aaron:the firstborn Nadab, then Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These were the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hands he filled to serve as priests. ⁴ Yet Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near alien fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai. They did not come to have sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁶ Bring near the stock of Levi and stand them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. ⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They will keep all the furnishings of the tent of appointment and the charge for the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ To Aaron and to his sons will you give the Levites. They are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And to Aaron and his sons shall you commit this that they observe their priesthood. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

²³ The Gershonite families encamped behind the tabernacle westward. ²⁴ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Gershonite was Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ The charge of the sons of Gershon at the tent of appointment was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the portal of the court which was surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, also its cords for all its service. ²⁷ Belonging to Kohath were the Amramite family, the Izharite family, the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These were those of the Kohathite families. ²⁸ According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the holy place. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath encamped at the flank of the tabernacle, southward. ³⁰ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Kohathite families was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the coffer and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the furnishings of the holy place with which they shall minister and the portiere and all its service. ³² And the prince of the Levite princes was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, with the supervision of those keeping charge of the holy place. ³³ Belonging to Merari were the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These two were those of the Merari families. ³⁴ Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ And the prince of their fathers' house for the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. At the flank of the tabernacle they encamped, northward. ³⁶ And the supervision, the charge of the sons of Merari, was the hollow tapers of the tabernacle and its bars, its columns and its sockets, all its furnishings and all its service, ³⁷ also the columns of the court round about and their sockets, their pegs and their cords. ³⁸ Those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of appointment, toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, the ones keeping charge of the sanctuary as the charge of the sons of Israel. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment.

²⁵ They will carry the sheets of the tabernacle and the tent of appointment, its covering and the azure cover which is on it from above and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ also the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the opening of the gate of the court which is surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the furnishings for their service; in all which is to be done with regard to them, they will serve. ²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonite, for all their load and for all their service. And you will commit to them as a charge all of their load. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of appointment. And their charge is in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ As for the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house you shall muster them. ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old shall you muster them, everyone coming to the Levitical host to serve in the service of the tent of appointment. ³¹ This is the charge of their load for all their service in the tent of appointment:the hollow tapers of the tabernacle with its bars, its columns and its sockets, ³² the columns around the court with their sockets, their pegs and their cords with all their furnishings and with all their servicing. By names shall you check all the furnishings of the charge of their load. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their service in the tent of appointment in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming..

¹¹ When Moses raised up his hand and smote the crag with his rod twice, then much water came forth, and the congregation and their livestock drank.

¹ And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causes his son Solomon to reign over Israel, ² and gathers all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;" ³ and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand. ⁴ Of these to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand, ⁵ and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Yahweh, `with instruments that I made for praising,' [said David.. <sup>6</sup> And David distributes them into courses:Of the sons of Levi:of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. <sup>7</sup> Of the Gershonite:Laadan and Shimei. <sup>8</sup> Sons of Laadan:the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. <sup>9</sup> Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan. <sup>10</sup> And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four. <sup>11</sup> And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering. <sup>12</sup> Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. <sup>13</sup> Sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons--unto the eon, to make perfume before Yahweh, to serve Him, and to bless in His name--unto the eon. <sup>14</sup> As to Moses, the man of Elohim, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi. <sup>15</sup> Sons of Moses:Gershom and Eliezer. <sup>16</sup> Sons of Gershom:Shebuel the head. <sup>17</sup> And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly. <sup>18</sup> Sons of Izhar:Shelomith the head. <sup>19</sup> Sons of Hebron:Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. <sup>20</sup> Sons of Uzziel:Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second. <sup>21</sup> Sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish. <sup>22</sup> And Eleazar dies, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. <sup>23</sup> Sons of Mushi:Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three. <sup>24</sup> These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from a son of twenty years and upward, <sup>25</sup> for David said, `Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He does tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the eon;. ²⁶ and also of the Levites, `None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;. ²⁷ for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward, ²⁸ for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of Elohim, ²⁹ and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;" ³⁰ and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Yahweh, and so at evening;" ³¹ and for all the burnt-offerings--burnt-offerings to Yahweh for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Yahweh. ³² And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

¹ And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service. ² Of sons of Asaph:Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun:sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Yahweh. ⁴ Of Heman:sons of Heman:Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;" ⁵ all these [are] sons of Heman--seer of the king in the things of Elohim--to lift up a horn; and Elohim gives to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of Elohim; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman. ⁷ And their number, with their brethren--taught in the song of Yahweh, all who are intelligent--is two hundred, eighty and eight. ⁸ And they cause to fall lots--charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner. ⁹ And the first lot goes out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;" ¹⁰ the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹¹ the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹² the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹³ the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹⁴ the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹⁵ the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹⁶ the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹⁷ the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁸ eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ¹⁹ the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²⁰ at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²¹ at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²² at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²³ at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²⁴ at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²⁵ at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;" ²⁶ at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"

²⁵ To them I weighed out the silver, the gold and the vessels--the heave offering for the House of our Elohim--that the king and his counselors and his chiefs and all of Israel who were available had donated. ²⁶ Thus I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, a hundred silver vessels valued at ... {Either Hb numeral dropped out or "talentsshould be read as a dual.} talents, a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ twenty small bowls of gold valued at a thousand darics, and two vessels of good glistening copper, desirable as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them:You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to Yahweh Elohim of your fathers. ²⁹ Be alert and guard them until you weigh them out in the rooms of the House of Yahweh before the priests' chiefs and the Levites and the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem to the House of our Elohim.

³³ On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the House of our Elohim into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, with whom was Eleazar son of Phineas; with them were also Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites. ³⁴ Everything was checked by number and by weight; and the entire weight was listed. At that time

⁸ And the Levites [are] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brethren,

²² The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.

⁴⁷ And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.

⁵ and he makes for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil--the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers--and the heave-offering of the priests.

¹⁰ And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field--the Levites and the singers, doing the work. ¹¹ And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore has the house of Elohim been forsaken?' and I gather them, and set them on their station;" ¹² and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries. ¹³ And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand [is] Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them [it is] to give a portion to their brethren.

²² And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my Elohim, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Your kindness.

⁴ Where the tribes ascend, The tribes of Yah, a testimony for Israel, To acclaim the Name of Yahweh."

¹⁰ Nor shall any alien eat the holy thing; that is, a priest's guest or hireling shall not eat the holy thing. ¹¹ Yet when a priest buys a soul, an acquisition with his silver, he may eat of it; also his homeborn, they may eat of his bread. ¹² In case a daughter of a priest comes to have an alien husband, she may not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. ¹³ Yet in case the daughter of the priest becomes a widow or is driven out and she has no seed and so she returns to the house of her father as in her youth, of her father's bread she may eat, yet no alien at all may eat of it.

¹⁰ And to Aaron and his sons shall you commit this that they observe their priesthood. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

³⁸ Those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of appointment, toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, the ones keeping charge of the sanctuary as the charge of the sons of Israel. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying. ² You are to obtain the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi by their families, by their fathers' house, ³ from thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all those coming to the Levitical host, to do the work in the tent of appointment. ⁴ This is the carrier service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment:the holy of holies. ⁵ For Aaron will come in, and his sons, when the camp is to journey, and they will take down the portiere curtain and cover the coffer of the testimony with it. ⁶ They will put on it a cover of azure hide and spread over it a cloth wholly of blue from above and put its poles in place. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they shall spread a blue cloth, and they will put on it the dishes and the spoons, the waste pans and the libation chalices. Also the continual bread shall be on it. ⁸ Then they will spread over them a cloth of double-dipped crimson, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the luminary, its lamps and its snuffers, its fire-pans and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it. ¹⁰ Then they will put it and all its furnishings into a cover of azure hide and put it on the slider bar. ¹¹ Also on the golden altar shall they spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ¹² They will take all the furnishings of the ministry with which they minister in the holy place and wrap them in a blue cloth and cover them with a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹³ Then they will degrease the copper altar, spread over it a purple clot. ¹⁴ and put on it all its furnishings with which they minister on it, the fire-pans, the forks and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls, all the furnishings of the altar; they will spread over it a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the laver and its base and put them into a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment. ¹⁶ Under the supervision of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the luminary, the incense of spices, the regular approach present and the anointing oil; he has the supervision over the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, among the holy things and its furnishings. ¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying. ¹⁸ Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite families be cut off from the midst of the Levites. ¹⁹ Yet this do for them, and they will live and shall not die when they come close to the holy of holies:Aaron and his sons shall come and will appoint them, each man to his service and to his load. ²⁰ Yet they shall not come in to see the sanctuary in dismantling, for they would die. ²¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ²² You are to obtain the sum of the sons of Gershon, of them also by their fathers' house, by their families. ²³ From thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old shall you muster them, everyone coming to enlist with the Levitical host to serve in the service in the tent of appointment. ²⁴ This is the service of the Gershonite families, to serve and to carry loads.

¹¹ It came to be in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month that the cloud was taken up off the tabernacle of the testimony.

¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari decamped, the carriers of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ Next the standard of the camp of Reuben decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Reuel. ²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming..

⁴⁰ a reminder for the sons of Israel so that no alien man who is not of the seed of Aaron might come near to try to fume incense before Yahweh so that he does not become as Korah and his congregation, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by means of Moses.

²² The sons of Israel shall not come near again to the tent of appointment to bear sin so as to die.

¹⁹ And He smites among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea, He smites among the people seventy men--fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Yahweh smote among the people--a great smiting.

⁷ and the anger of Yahweh burns against Uzzah, and Elohim smites him there for the error, and he dies there by the ark of Elohim.

² Each man under his standard, under the ensigns for their fathers' house, so shall the sons of Israel encamp. From a distance around the tent of appointment shall they encamp.

³⁴ Thus the sons of Israel did according to all which Yahweh had instructed Moses. So they encamped under their standards, and so they journeyed, each by his families along with his fathers' house.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ² Make for yourself two bugles of silver. Out of a stiff shell shall you make them. And they will become yours for the calling of the congregation and for the journeying of the camps. ³ When they blow long on both of them, then the whole congregation will congregate with you at the opening of the tent of appointment. ⁴ Yet should they blow long on just one, then the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, will congregate with you. ⁵ When you blow a short blast then the camps encamping eastward will journey. ⁶ When you blow the second blast then the camps encamping southward will journey. When you blow the third blast then the camps encamping westward will journey. When you blow the fourth blast then the camps encamping northward will journey. Short blasts shall they blow for their decampings; ⁷ yet when the assembly is to assemble you shall blow long and not sound short blasts. ⁸ The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the bugles. And they will be to you as an eonian statute throughout your generations. ⁹ In case you enter a war in your land with the foe who is distressing you then you will blast on the bugles, and you will be remembered before Yahweh your Elohim, and you will be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ And in the day of your rejoicing, in your appointments and at the beginnings of your months you will blow on bugles over your ascent offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they will be to you for a memorial before your Elohim. I, Yahweh, am your Elohim. ¹¹ It came to be in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month that the cloud was taken up off the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹² So the sons of Israel decamped for their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, until the cloud tabernacled in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³ Thus they decamped for the first time at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses. ¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah decamped first by their militia hosts; and over his host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Issachar was Nathanael son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon. ¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari decamped, the carriers of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ Next the standard of the camp of Reuben decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Reuel. ²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming.. ²² The standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan decamped as rear guard for all the camps by their militia hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan. ²⁸ This was the order for the journey of the sons of Israel by their militia hosts when they journeyed on. ²⁹ Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses:We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said:It shall I give to you. Go with us and we will do good to you, for Yahweh has pronounced good things for Israel. ³⁰ Yet he said to him:I shall not go, but rather to my land and to my kindred shall I go. ³¹ Then he said:Do not, I pray, forsake us, because you know where we are to encamp in the wilderness you will be as eyes for us. ³² And it will come to be in case you go with us, when that good comes by which Yahweh shall do good to us, we also will do good to you. ³³ They journeyed from the mount of Yahweh a way of three days while the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh was journeying before them a way of three days to explore a resting place for them. ³⁴ And the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day on their journey from the camp. ³⁵ It came to be whenever the coffer journeyed Moses said:Arise, Yahweh, that Your enemies may scatter and those hating You may flee from Your presence. ³⁶ And whenever it stopped he said:Dwell, Yahweh, with the myriads of Israel's thousands.

² When Balaam lifted his eyes and saw Israel tabernacling by its tribes, then the spirit of Elohim came on him.

⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons:Do not dishevel your heads' hair and do not rip your garments so that you may not die, lest He be wrathful with the whole congregation. Yet your brothers, all the house of Israel, they may lament over the burning which Yahweh has burned.

⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They will keep all the furnishings of the tent of appointment and the charge for the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the tabernacle.

¹⁹ and give the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift to Aaron and to his sons to serve in the service on behalf of the sons of Israel in the tent of appointment and to make a separating shelter for the sons of Israel so that no stroke may come among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come close to the holy place.

⁴⁶ Moses said to Aaron:Take the fire-pan and put fire from the altar on it and place incense on it and go quickly to the congregation and make a propitiatory shelter over them, for wrath goes forth from before Yahweh! The stroke has started!"

² Moreover, bring near with you your brothers of the stock of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be obligated to you and may minister to you when you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. ³ They will keep guard of you and guard of the entire tent; only to the furnishings of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near so that they may not die, both they and you. ⁴ They will be obligated to you and will keep guard of the tent of appointment for all the service of the tent. Yet no alien may come near to you. ⁵ You will keep guard of the holy place and guard of the altar so that no more wrath shall come on the sons of Israel.

³⁰ And from the half-share of the sons of Israel you shall take one to be withheld out of fifty, from the human, from the herd, from the donkeys and from the flock, from every beast, and you will give them to the Levites, the ones keeping charge of Yahweh's tabernacle.

⁴⁷ Moses took from the half-share of the sons of Israel one to be withheld out of fifty from the human and from the beast; and he gave them to the Levites, the ones keeping charge of Yahweh's tabernacle just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

³² And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

¹⁰ `As for us, Yahweh [is] our Elohim, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Yahweh, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,

³¹ The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?

¹⁵ Therefore, thus said Yahweh of Hosts, concerning the prophets:Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Has profanity gone forth to all the land."

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to the entire flocklet, among which the holy spirit appointed you supervisors, to be shepherding the ecclesia of God, which He procures through the blood of His Own." ²⁹ Now I am aware that, after I am out of reach, burdensome wolves will be entering among you, not sparing the flocklet." ³⁰ And from among yourselves will arise men, speaking perverse things to pull away disciples after themselves." ³¹ Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I cease not admonishing each one with tears."

¹³ Till I come, give heed to reading, to entreaty, to teaching." ¹⁴ Neglect not the gracious gift which is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the imposition of the hands of the eldership." ¹⁵ On these things meditate. In these be, that your progress may be apparent to all." ¹⁶ Attend to yourself and to the teaching. Be persisting in them, for in doing this you will save yourself as well as those hearing you."

² Herald the word. Stand by it, opportunely, inopportunely, expose, rebuke, entreat, with all patience and teaching."

²¹ Guard yourself in view of him and hear his voice. Do not embitter him, for he shall not bear with your transgression, for My name is within him. ²² In case you should hearken, yea hearken to his voice and do all that I am speaking, then I will be Enemy of your enemies and will be Foe of your foes.

³² Thus all the service of the tabernacle of the tent of appointment was finished. And the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses. So they did.

⁴³ When Moses saw all the work, behold, they had done it just as Yahweh had instructed; so had they done. And Moses blessed them.

¹⁶ Thus Moses did according to all that Yahweh had instructed him. So he did.

³² When they entered into the tent of appointment and came near to the altar they washed, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

³² Every word which I am enjoining on you today, you shall observe to obey it. You shall neither add to it, nor shall you subtract from it.

²² And Samuel said, `Has Yahweh had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] hearkening to the voice of Yahweh? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;"

²⁰ teaching them to be keeping all, whatever I direct you. And lo! I am with you all the days till the conclusion of the eon! Amen!"